Like others said, I never cared for the day until I had someone to share it with. I used to absolutely dread the day in high school, where I would see all the cutesy couples parading around, some of the guys getting into a competition to see who could prove their love the best by buying the most expensive gifts. That really made me angry -- people treating it like some sort of contest. But mostly, I was bitter that I was single.

I'll have to admit, my wife and I like Valentine's Day to an extent. And actually, we got married as close to the day as possible (12th.) That was 35 years ago. We don't buy gifts for each other for either our anniversary or V-Day (or birthdays or Christmas, either, for that matter,) but we'll usually go out to dinner. We'll most of the time go to an Italian restaurant near us which has a couple of Valentine's Day specials complete with a glass of champagne. Really good food for a really good price.

But , yeah, if you really love someone, Valentine's Day does normally have a special meaning. But, then, I guess I'm sort of a romantic.

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The heavens convince me there is no god.

Religion is an insult to human dignity. Without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.--Steven Weinberg

Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery--Robert G. Ingersoll

I don't know why people compare George Carlin to God. He's great and all, but he's no George Carlin.-Anon.

Eh, I ignore it. Let the lovers have a day for themselves. I'll be busy playing my MASS EFFECT 3 DEMO!

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